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Hello and please accept our continued gratitude as we journey towards the construction of this historic building, the Joe Rantz Boathouse.

We are thrilled to announce that Phase 1 of this project is now underway and the official Lane Use sign is posted at Wyatt Park in Lake Stevens!

We are now at 28% of our fundraising goal - and you got us here!

How can you help?

While donations are always welcome and we definitiely encourage social media shares - why not share your first hand experience of the Boys in the Boat book with someone? Then they too can feel how important this effort is as we build the boathouse together from the foundation up.

Feel welcome to share this page with friends and family so that they too can share a memory with us as the boathouse building moves forward to completion.

Also, stay in touch with us. Let us know how you are, come by to say hello or just grab some oars and sign up for a Learn to Row class.

Thank you for taking the time to consider a small donation or sponsor level for a passionate and hard working group of rowers in Lake Stevens, WA at North Cascades Crew. They are building the Joe Rantz Boathouse in honor of Joe Rantz, a member of the 1936 University of Washington eight-oared crew that won the Olympic gold medal and the central character in Daniel James Brown's NY Times Bestseller, The Boys in the Boat. Jen Huffman, Rantz's granddaughter, is a member of the club and 4th in the 2015 prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta.

- See the Letter of Support from Jen Huffman (Rantz) at the bottom of the page -

North Cascades Crew is focused on community health awareness while promoting environmentally sustainable activities and have demonstrated remarkable capabilities as a hard working group of rowers.

The NCC dynamic Juniors Program empowers local Youth to engage with the sport of rowing while making new friends. Adults in the Masters group further skills and techniques in a safe environment with diverse age groups. Your sponsorship will help both of these groups to stay on the water with safe equipment and help build this memorable boathouse. "Boathouse designs call for an office for park workers, kiosks with information about the lake and a large area for meetings and indoor workouts." (The Everett Herald)

The NCC Sponsorship Levels offer a unique opportunity to show your support for NCC’s Youth and Adult Rowing programs while gaining exposure to the community through website, social media, print, public relations, and in-person presentations.

North Cascades Crew is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization that was established by a dedicated group of rowers in 2008. NCC has been growing our educational, ecological, and diverse program for the past seven years with a perfect safety record.

Our mission is to:

Educate the community about health, cooperative and leadership skills through the sport of rowing without preference to race, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or age.

Provide equipment and instruction for participants to engage in the value of activity on the water.

Educate the community about environmentally sustainable activities, and provide stewardship of Lake Stevens.

Provide opportunities for community and charitable involvement in Lake Stevens and Snohomish County.

Maintain the dock at Wyatt Park.

We are very excited to bring our vision of North Cascades Crew to all residents of Snohomish County through our Youth and Adult Rowing programs.

FOUNDING SPONSOR $16,000 Level

Named as NCC Founding Sponsor on NCC website

Your logo and link to your organization’s website on www.northcascadescrew.com

Your logo and link to your organization’s website on www.northcascadescrew.com

Naming rights to a pair of oars with your organization name or

Name on Oar Fund banner

Recognition on NCC social media channels quarterly for one year

One Learn to Row sessions for your organization

Recognition as Oar Fund sponsor in NCC press releases.

Other ways to help North Cascades Crew

Your Individual, tax deductible donation is welcome anytime

Shop Amazon.com Smile and select North Cascades Crew, a percentage of your purchase will be donated to NCC

Your skills and time are always of value to our crew, we look forward to seeing you!

A Letter of Support from Jen Huffman

Hello,

My name is Jen Huffman and I am the granddaughter of Joe Rantz - 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist and main character in the NY Times Bestselling book The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown.

I started rowing almost seven years ago, a couple of years after my grandpa died. When my son was introduced to the sport, I decided that I was going to try it too and found sculling to be a perfect fit.

In the last six years of competition, I have won 21 medals at Northwest Masters Regional Championships, including gold medals in both the single and double sculls every year for the last five years. I was the 2014 Canadian Masters Nationals champion in three events. I have qualified to the World Indoor Rowing Championships, and I have medaled in the single scull at Head of the Charles, the world's most prestigious head race.

None of this would have been possible without my coach and team at North Cascades Crew.

It is rare to find a rowing team with a Masters coach who is as committed as our coach, Fleming Brainerd. I had never even seen a shell up close before heading down to Lake Stevens with my son seven years ago, and now the sport is central to my life. Our coach is passionate about rowing and brings that passion to everyone he coaches, regardless of whether they want to row recreationally or competitively. Rowing is a sport that serves people of all ages, even people in their 70's and 80's! It is a way to enable more people in our community to access our lake, stay fit, meet new people and be a part of something larger than themselves.

Along with having a great coach, we also have outstanding people from all walks of life on our team. From pediatrician and optometrist to CPA, teacher, project manager, massage therapist and advertising executive - our group is diverse and full of life. Because of our diversity, we are passionate about our lake environment and actively contribute to making Lake Stevens a better place to row and live.

North Cascades Crew partnered with the Snohomish County Conservation District to learn about the natural lake environment. All of our Junior rowers are now stewards of the lake after taking a water testing class and learning how to look for algae blooms and be "first eyes on the lake" for the county.

We are in the process of adopting a park to plant a water garden to demonstrate to the Lake Stevens community how water gardens can be a beneficial to the environment. North Cascades Crew partnered with Snohomish County Parks and Recreation at our Wyatt Park location to help keep park grounds clean and free of litter.

Our club is a non-profit volunteer driven organization where all of the board members volunteer their time to keep the club running smoothly. We are working towards building a boathouse, which is where we need your help.

When North Cascades Crew entered into our contract with Wyatt Park, we also gained an area to build a boathouse. It is hard on our boats and our rowers to not have a place to be sheltered from wind, rain, hail and snow. Sun is also very hard on the equipment, aging it far more quickly than it would be if it was sheltered.

With a boathouse, we will be able to shelter and secure our boats while providing a place for safety launches. Our rowers could stay warm, dry out or hold practice on rowing machines when the water is rough.

North Cascades Crew is looking for funding to make this dream become a reality. With your support, we intend provide the community with an environmentally sustainable building that will not only house our rowing club, but be an asset to the parks department and the Lake Stevens community.

Thank you for your time and considering a tax deductible donation tier to help North Cascades Crew.

Updates

Hello and please accept our continued gratitude as we journey towards the construction of this historic building, the Joe Rantz Boathouse.

We are thrilled to announce that Phase 1 of this project is now underway and the official Lane Use sign is posted at Wyatt Park in Lake Stevens!

We are now at 28% of our fundraising goal - and you got us here!

How can you help?

While donations are always welcome and we definitiely encourage social media shares - why not share your first hand experience of the Boys in the Boat book with someone? Then they too can feel how important this effort is as we build the boathouse together from the foundation up.

Feel welcome to share this page with friends and family so that they too can share a memory with us as the boathouse building moves forward to completion.

Also, stay in touch with us. Let us know how you are, come by to say hello or just grab some oars and sign up for a Learn to Row class.

The project is coming along nicely. We currently have $5,000 in cash donations and $18,872 in material and labor donations! We plan to break ground on the project in August 2016. You can see pictures of the Conceptual Boathouse Design here.

We also have a donor who has pledged to match all cash donations up to a total of $10,000 from May 1st forward! This will help significantly in our fundraising efforts as we move into Phase 1 of the project. To complete Phase 1, we still need to raise $17,000.

How can you help?

Although this Rally has ended, potential donors can still use the site to donate funds to our boathouse project, or can send money directly to us at North Cascades Crew * PO Box 1506 * Lake Stevens, WA 98258

Please pass this information along to others who might be willing to donate - we are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and all donations, including donations of materials or labor, are tax deductible.

Thank you for your support!North Cascades Crew

June 6, 2016 - by North Cascades Crew

Only 7 days left for this campaign! We have raised almost $5,000 through RallyMe and in person donations bringing us so much closed to making this dream a reality.

We look forward to Phase 2 of this campaign to build the Joe Rantz boathouse and hope you stay in touch with us at North Cascades Crew for exciting developments.

Thank you for sharing our link - http://bit.ly/1OocTe8

May 11, 2016 - by North Cascades Crew

Hello and thank you to our supporters for their tax deductible donation1 to the Joe Rantz Boathouse at North Cascades Crew! To date we have raised a total of $2,210.00 towards our campaign goal both on and off the RallyMe site and we look forward to continuing the momentum in the months ahead.

Please feel welcome to share our RallyMe site with friends, family and potential donors to help us continue the pursuit of our fundraising goal. We would love to have you come to visit us in Lake Stevens, WA for a visit or cheer us on at the upcoming Greenlake Regatta in Seattle, WA on March 19 from about 6am - 12pm.

Like us on Facebook or follow @RowNCC on Twitter for additional crew updates.

Thank you for joining us in this journey, we are truly grateful for your support!

1 All donations receive a receipt by email for tax deductions. Donations made prior to April 15 can be deducted on the 2015 tax year if elected by the donor.

February 27, 2016 - by North Cascades Crew

Comments

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Comment

Date

Tassana Landy

happy to help

May 16, 2018

The Clan McLeod

What an asset to the community this boathouse will be!

April 11, 2016

Cindy Shanker

In honor of my sister, Katherine Runyon. Thanks!

March 23, 2016

Marie Benston (Natalie & Sean Burk's grandma)

I am so proud that my grandchildren, Natalie and Sean Burk, row with North Cascades Crew.

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